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Questions about funding for the new middle school
By Dawn Emery - Jun 07Greetings Camden & Rockport Select Board members and Camden Rockport School Board members, I was at the Camden Select Board meeting on June 6 and ...
Camden Rockport Middle School Information Sheet and Talking ...
By Maria Libby, Superinte... - May 24[Editor's Note: the following guest column was submitted by MSAD28/FiveTown CSD Superintendent, Maria Libby.] Board goal: Given the situation, ...
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Why We Should Care About the Islesboro Ferry
By Vicki Doudera - May 10Something was tugging at my memory. I was sitting on a metal folding chair at last Saturday's Islesboro Town Meeting, in a gym crowded with ...
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Camden native sees need for a new wave of ocean education
By Alexandra Doudera - Apr 19In a lot of ways, speaking about the importance of the ocean to a bunch of Midcoast Mainers feels like preaching to the choir. Of course, there is ...
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Forensic Nurses - Protecting our Communities
By Sarah A. Sherman - Apr 10If you had asked me three years ago, “What is the role of a forensic nurse in our community?” I probably would have guessed that their work was ...
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The Mary E. Taylor School Building
By Christian Fasoldt, ... - Mar 01There is soon to begin a huge amount of activity on and around Knowlton Street. Over the next few years a new middle school is to be constructed ...
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Recycle. Why?
By David Edwards - Feb 28Most of us do it. We were taught as a child or as an early adult. It was just what you did. One bin for the trash, the other for recycling. We ...
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Mary E. Taylor building update
Feb 13The MSAD #28 School Board wants to ensure a transparent process for the potential repurposing of the Mary E. Taylor wing of the current Camden-Rock...
The thinker, the builder, the questioner, the wizard and the ...
By Marc Ratner - Jan 03As we enter 2018 I thought it might be a good idea to write an update on Camden's current Select Board after our first six months together. It's ...
Voting no on Medicaid expansion
By Paula Sutton - Oct 10This November Maine voters will decide if state taxpayers should expand Medicaid to non-disabled, working-age adults. Deciding on issues as ...
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Islesboro Ferry Rate increase violates the Administrative ...
By Rep. Owen Casas - May 31Hello folks. I wanted to share my thoughts and some details about the ferry service rate change. As most of you know, the changes to the ferry ...
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The Stirrings of a Revolution
By Phoebe Walsh - May 24Dear Students, There have been the stirrings of a revolution led by the American children. Perhaps it began because we saw no change in the world ...
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We are fortunate to have Maria Libby as our superintendent
Apr 26Wednesday, April 25, was Administrative Professionals Day, and the MSAD 28 School Board wants to acknowledge our Superintendent and the work she ...
In defense of plastic bags
By Alison McKellar - Apr 12To begin, I want to be clear that although I am a member of the Camden Select Board and the Mid-Coast Solid Waste Board, I am speaking only for ...
Camden-Rockport Middle School project taking shape
By Maria Libby, Superinte... - Mar 07As we round the corner into spring, despite the nor'easter expected this week, we are getting closer and closer to breaking ground on the new ...
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An 'Attitude of Service' for non-profit and governmental ...
By Michael Mullins - Mar 01Non-profit and governmental boards share a responsibility to be good stewards of their resources. In the case of private boards, these governing ...
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New World Disorder and America’s future
Feb 22Those of us participating in the 31st Camden Conference last weekend were braced for serious dialogue given the conference theme “New World ...
The Common Sense Coalition and the future of the Senate
By Senator Angus King - Feb 01Sometimes, when a football team has a prolonged losing streak, it creates a cycle that's hard to break. The good folks of New England haven't ...
Home for the holidays
By Patrisha McLean - Dec 15It was all giddy smiles as friends toasted two contracts, one dissolved and one just entered into: a divorce and the purchase of my first, very ...
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Thoughts on property values and property taxes
By Alison McKellar - Jul 26As most of you know by now, Camden is in the process of updating the estimated values of the properties in town. Most of you probably got a letter ...
